The English Language
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Any difference between "opening advantage" and "advantage in the opening"?
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No. No difference.
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This is a typical 'book' endgame, meaning that knowledge should suffice either to win it or to save it
What does "Knowledge" mean?
What's theopposite of "knowledge"?
What does "Knowledge" mean?
What's theopposite of "knowledge"?
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Ignorance
Knowledge of an ending means you know the methods and techniques needed to win or draw it.
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Thanks.
If, for example, it were standing on f6, then Black wouldn't be so badly off.
what does 'badly off' mean?
If, for example, it were standing on f6, then Black wouldn't be so badly off.
what does 'badly off' mean?
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Badly off means in a poor state, at a disadvantage.
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As opposed to "well off" if you have heard that phrase.
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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Thanks.
He says in the test section that:
...it seems that White has slightly greater freedom in finding play on either side of the board, and so he must hold a tiny plus.
And in the solution section he begins with:
White actually holds the advantage, because Black lacks serious counterplay.
What does actually mean here?
He says in the test section that:
...it seems that White has slightly greater freedom in finding play on either side of the board, and so he must hold a tiny plus.
And in the solution section he begins with:
White actually holds the advantage, because Black lacks serious counterplay.
What does actually mean here?
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Actually means " as in the truth or facts or a situation "
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But it's the same as he told previously, So why he said 'actually'?Barry Sandercock wrote: ↑Mon Dec 24, 2018 11:49 amActually means " as in the truth or facts or a situation "
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The word "actually" in that construction usually carries an implication of "there is some other thing that is plausible, but untrue", and the true statement is contrasted with the untrue but plausible one.
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Thanks.
What is the difference between:
Weaknesses on the dark squares will prove decisive.
and
Weaknesses of the dark squares will prove decisive.
and
The weaknesses of the dark squares will prove decisive.
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What is the difference between:
Weaknesses on the dark squares will prove decisive.
and
Weaknesses of the dark squares will prove decisive.
and
The weaknesses of the dark squares will prove decisive.
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When does weakness means being weak and when a weak pawn/square (complex)?
Also, what is a weakpoint?
Also, what is a weakpoint?
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What's the difference between
after [...] White faces multiple problems
and
after [...] White faces many problems?
after [...] White faces multiple problems
and
after [...] White faces many problems?
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Not much.
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)